Loom



Q Dec. 9, 1924.

E. M. DE NEERGAARD LOOM INVENITOR aarei WITNESSS Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES ELNA M. DE NEERGAARD, 0E NEW YORK, N. Y.

LOOM.

Application filed September 24, 1923.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELNA M. DE Nann- GAARD, a subject of the King of Denmark, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Looms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to looms and more particularly to hand looms.

The principal object of this invention is the provision of a'hand loom wherein the warp of the same is held in a taut condition for operation by a means including a belt adapted to be passed about the waist of the operator.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a loom which renders the art of weaving by hand, highly amusing and comfortable to the operator, and also reduces the cost to a minimum as the usual supporting frame is dispensed with.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a novel form of means for winding the woven fabric and for locking the same against unwinding.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention shown in use.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view showing the manner of locking the woven fabric after the same has been wound.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the belt together with its several parts.

I11 hand looms it has long been the practice of providing a suitable frame for securing the warp in such manner as to continually hold the same in a taut condition, which frame renders the loom expensive and awkward to operate. t is therefore my intention of providing a hand loom whereby one end of the warp is held upon a stationary support and the other end of the same held by a suitable belt adapted to be passed about the waist of the operator while in a sitting posture.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the reference number 10 designates my improved hand loom in its entirety which Serial No. 664,556.

includes the usual warp 11 made up of any suitable number of threads, one end of said threads being secured to a warp beam 12, the mounting of which will be presently described. The other ends of the warp threads converge into a point and are knotted as at 13 for attachment with a book 14% se cured to a wall or like stationary structure. Slidable over the warp 11 is a heddle 15 which is adapted to space certain of the threads so as to define a shed 16, for the passage of a shuttle 17. It will be seen that from the description thus far, that the construction is much like the present type of loom and the operation of the same is similar, therefore a further description is not deemed necessary.

As clearly shown in the drawing, I employ a. suitable attaching means 18 for securing the other end of the warp and for holding the same in a taut condition. To this end use is made of a flexible canvas belt 19, one end of which is secured to what I shall term a base-board 20 of a rigid material and preferably of wood. The baseboard 20 is provided with suitable hooks 21, for co-action with eyelets 22 secured to the inside of the free end of the belt whereby the same may be adjustably secured to the waist of the operator in the manner clearly shown in Figure 1 of the drawing. The base-board 20 supports a pair of spaced flexible loops 23, and it is these loops which serve as bearings for the warp beam 12 as the same is adapted to be passed therethrough when the loom is set-up for operation. Co-acting with the warp beam 12 is what I shall term as a co-acting beam 24 which is longer than the warp beam 12 and prevents the paying out of the fabric 25 after the same has been wound about the beams 12 and 24, provided tension is placed upon the warp by the sitting posture of the operator. It will be understood that when suflicient fabric has been woven, the tension of the warp may be reduced by the operator leaning forward which permits the beam 12 to be removed from the loops 23 and more fabric wound about the beams 12 and 24.

From the foregoing description it is believed that the manner of applying the device to the waist of the operator together with the operation has been clearly set forth and a further explanation is not deemed necessary.

lVhile I have described what I deem to be ilo0m,.'1neansffor-securing oneiend of said warp threads to r a support, awarp beam for securing theother ends of said warp threads,

belt-adapted to" be passedaround-the-waist of arperson, and'meansfor, removably-supportingsaid warp: beamffrom said belt'for permitting -the woven fabric to be wound thereon.

In.a deviceof the class described, the combination with the warp threads of. a

loom, means for. securing ionefend of said warp threads to asupport, a warp beamffor securing, the otherv ends i of, said JWRITP. threads, a belt adapted" to be passedaround the waist of a persomand meansfor removably sup porting said, warp .beam. from said belt-for permittingthe woven fabric to be wound thereon. and a brakebeam col-acting with said warp'beamffor locking the woven fabric thereon.

3. Aloomiincluding a warp v means for stationarilyholding said warp, at one end, a heddle, a shed formed by said heddle, a

shuttle adapted tolbe'passed through said;

shed-whereby vto form the woven fabric,

winding means at the other end of said warp for winding the woven fabric, and means for supporting said winding means from the waist of a person whereby to hold said warp in a taut condition, said winding means inclucling a pair of co-acting beams for lockmg engagement with each other after the fabric has been wound thereon.

4. A loom including a warp, means for stationar'ily holding said warp at one end a heddle, a shed formed-by saidiheddle a shuttle adapted tobe passedthrough said shed whereby toform the woven fabric,

windingmeansat theotherend of said warp for windmg the v woven fabric, a warp beam for attachment to the other end. of said warp, a belt adapted to be passedQarOund the Waist of a person, means on said belt for removably securing said warp beam thereto, whereby to hold thewarp in: a taut condition.

5. A loom includinga warp, means for stationarily holding said warp-at one end, a he'ddle,.a shed formed by said: heddle, a shuttle adapted to be passed throughsai'd shed whereby to form the woven vfabric,

- winding meansat the other end of said warp for wlndlng the woven fabric, a warp beam for attachment to the other end of said warp, a belt-adapted to be passedaround' the waist of a person, means on said belt for-remove ably securing said warp beamthereto, a second beanr adapted to co-actwith the first beamafter the fabric has beenwound thereonto lock the samexagainst rotation, whereby to hold the warp in a taut condition.

In testimony whereof I have afi'ixed my signature.

ELNA M. DE NEERGAARD. 

